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A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that (theconversation.com)
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[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's just it, they're an easy target, and communications infrastructure is one of the first things you want to control or eliminate if you're taking hostile territory.

[–] Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, and? I don't believe these are replacing any existing infrastructure, but are for places that have no infrastructure for the internet. They could drastically improve things in those areas, and if those place became a warzone sometime in the future they'd probably be pretty fucked with or without proper land based infrastructure.